Get Rosy This Valentine With A Selection of Grupo Cordoniu Blush Wines

Prices are reasonable so there’s no excuse to tuck up with your loved one and perhaps sample all three wines!, after all whoever said Valentine has to last for just one day only? (wink wink). Cordoniu has been making wines since 1551, and high quality traditional method sparkling wines for over 130 years. Cordoniu is today the number one cava brand in Spain. The wines are dry, but this in no way means they wouldn’t appeal to lovers of sweeter beverages.

Cordoniu Vintage Rosada 2009 12% abv

Colour – blush rose. Taste – refreshing and fruity, made from the pinot noir grape and local macabeo, Xarel Lo and monastrell. The latter three varieties are common in the production of Cava and give a slightly acidic overtone. This wine’s immediate top notes are of red berries and citrus, which give way to a long finish resembling apples. Great as an aperitif or with tapas. Available in Tesco on offer at £6.99 form 31st January to 21st February. With an RRP of £13.99 why not get another bottle for afters?  

Cordoniu Pinot Noir Brut 12%abv

This sparkling 100% pinot noir wine is made using grapes from the oldest planting of Pinot Noir in Spain. The colour is salmon pink. Inside the wine is bursting with juicy strawberry, raspberry and cherry fruit flavours, even a hint of blackberry. Once again this delicious wine can be drunk as an aperitif or with light fish dishes.

RRP £10.99. Buy from Wine Rack, Oddbins, and selected local independent wine merchants.

Raimat Abadia Rosé 2010 12% abv

This is the only still wine in this selection. It is made from cabernet sauvignon and tempranillo – D.O. Colour – soft rose. Taste – a strictly red fruit overtoned wine. The taste is more ‘acidic’ than the other two, and with bolder citrus overtones so this drink may be better paired with stronger flavoured or more robust dishes such as oily dish. RRP £7.49. Buy from Wine Rack, Oddbins, and local independent wine merchants.

While we at Simply Woman encourage you to enjoy, we also advocate drinking responsibly. *The recommended daily amount for women is 2-3 units and for men, 3-4 units of alcohol (drinkaware.co.uk). So be safe as well as sexy this Valentine! 

For more details of national and regional stockists seehttp://www.cordiniu.co.uk